Eberhart, on the other hand, said he does not plan to speak against the charter.

“I would be shocked it the county board didn’t approve the recommendation of staff,” he said. “I just think that they probably rely on their staff to provide them the information necessary and their staff has come to the conclusion that — based on some financial forecasts and the like — that they feel the charter should be granted. I just don’t know on what basis someone on the board would stand up and say their staff didn’t do the analysis correctly.”

Instead of fighting the charter, Eberhart said he wants to help the students affected.

“The time for me to talk about whether or not the charter should be approved or denied is kind of passed,” he said. “It’s time to talk now about how students are going to be supported.”

Anon: Do you know when he said that? I don’t have that in my notes, but my laptop battery died and my phone battery died, and I had to write my story while the meeting was still going on, so my notes are somewhat incomplete. I can also look at the video I shot.

The board will also discuss the superintendent’s “Choose Civility Initiative,” summaries of legal expenses, membership dues and conference expenses for all programs across the agency, and English Learner support. I wonder if MDUSD would consider reviewing all legal expenses, membership dues and conference expenses for all programs across the district at a public meeting.

She got a very small raise compared to the other four and is not an administrator. Also, the superintendent’s previous administrative assistant’s job was eliminated, so the current secretary is ostensibly doing twice as much work.

Everyone, including site administrators, is doing double duty, but only 5 select individuals got the “raises” for “increased responsibilities”, which was a slap in the face to everyone else in the district office and at school sites who also have taken on “increased responsibilities”. Lets not forget the site staffs who got hit with hour reductions too ! The Gang of Five kept their raises while others were being cut: Rolen’s $27,000 raise to run “transportation” being the largest and also the biggest boondoggle.